![]() Michael Novak, winner of the Templeton Prize (1994), author of The Spirit of DemocraticCapitalism"Ī majestically argued, gorgeously written, and essential book by one of the truly indispensable minds of our time. ![]() His aim was to honor the truth, so now it remains for historians to look again, face his challenges, and come refreshed to their ownverdicts. Rodney Stark has done justice to neglected historical truth, and I am deeply grateful for his steady toughmindedness. Little did I imagine that this expected dispassionate historian would be so deeply informed, lucid, thorough, and blunt. Still I have always trusted that some unbiased non-Catholic scholar would one day look at the evidence (even its simple logic) again. Growing up Catholic in the United States is to hear a constant stream of stuff that, one s experience shows, is just not true. ![]() George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Polic圜enter Give this fine book to anyone you know who s been subjected to socialstudies. ![]() Rodney Stark gives the last acceptable prejudice a sound thrashing and clears up a lot of confused history along the way. ![]()
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